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Sunday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Sunday
12:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC 169: Barao vs. Faber - Prelims
Kevin Lee vs. Al Iaquinta; Tom Watson vs. Nick Catone; Danny Martinez vs. Chris Cariaso; Alan Patrick vs. John Makdessi. From Newark, N.J.
5:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: Fighting for a Generation: 20 Years of the UFC
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Ultimate 100 Knockouts
Part 2: Knockouts 70-41
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Ultimate 100 Knockouts
Part 3: Knockouts 40-11
9:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Ultimate 100 Knockouts
Part 4: Top 10 Greatest Knockouts
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Fight Flashback
Anderson Silva vs. Chris Weidman I
11:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
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Saturday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Saturday
3:30 a.m. ET MavTV: Inside MMA
EPISODE: 326 Rutten and Rice preview UFC 169; Legacy FC 27.
8:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Countdown
UFC 169: Renan Barao vs. Urijah Faber
9:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Main Event
UFC 132: Dominic Cruz vs. Urijah Faber
10:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC: Johnson vs. Benavidez
Mac Danzig vs. Joe Lauzon; Nik Lentz vs. Chad Mendes; Michael McDonald vs. Urijah Faber; Joseph Benavidez vs. Demetrious Johnson. From Sacramento, Calif. (Subject to change)
12:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Main Event
UFC 132: Dominic Cruz vs. Urijah Faber
1:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Weigh-In
UFC 169: Renan Barao vs. Urijah Faber
2:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 149: Urijah Faber vs. Renan Barao
7:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Countdown
UFC 169: Renan Barao vs. Urijah Faber
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Prefight Show
UFC 169: Renan Barao vs. Urijah Faber
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC 169: Barao vs. Faber - Prelims
Kevin Lee vs. Al Iaquinta; Tom Watson vs. Nick Catone; Danny Martinez vs. Chris Cariaso; Alan Patrick vs. John Makdessi. From Newark, N.J.
8:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC 169: Barao vs. Faber - Prelims
Kevin Lee vs. Al Iaquinta; Tom Watson vs. Nick Catone; Danny Martinez vs. Chris Cariaso; Alan Patrick vs. John Makdessi. From Newark, N.J
10:00 p.m. ET PPV: UFC 169: Renan Barao vs. Urijah Faber
Renan Barao vs. Urijah Faber Jose Aldo vs. Ricardo Lamas Frank Mir vs. Alistair Overeem Ali Bagautinov vs. John Lineker Abel Trujillo vs. Jamie Varner. Read more -
Friday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Friday
5:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Countdown
UFC 169: Renan Barao vs. Urijah Faber
7:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC: Johnson vs. Benavidez
Mac Danzig vs. Joe Lauzon; Nik Lentz vs. Chad Mendes; Michael McDonald vs. Urijah Faber; Joseph Benavidez vs. Demetrious Johnson. From Sacramento, Calif. (Subject to change)
9:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
10:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: Best of PRIDE Fighting Championships
Nick Diaz vs Takanori Gomi.
11:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Countdown
UFC 169: Renan Barao vs. Urijah Faber
11:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Countdown
UFC 169: Renan Barao vs. Urijah Faber
12:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Main Event
UFC 132: Dominic Cruz vs. Urijah Faber
3:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
3:30 p.m. ET Sportsnet West: UFC Central
Hosted by "Showdown" Joe Ferraro. UFC highlights and news.
4:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet ONE: UFC Weigh-ins
UFC 169: Renan Barao vs. Urijah Faber
4:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Weigh-In
UFC 169: Renan Barao vs. Urijah Faber
5:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Main Event
UFC 132: Dominic Cruz vs. Urijah Faber
5:30 p.m. ET Sportsnet Ontario: UFC Central
Hosted by "Showdown" Joe Ferraro. UFC highlights and news.
5:30 p.m. ET Sportsnet East: UFC Central
Hosted by "Showdown" Joe Ferraro. UFC highlights and news.
6:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Behind-the-scenes of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
9:00 p.m. ET MavTV: Inside MMA
EPISODE: 326 Rutten and Rice preview UFC 169; Legacy FC 27.
10:00 p.m. ET AXS TV: Legacy Fighting Championship 27
Veteran Tim Means fights Artenas Young; Henry Cejudo meets Elias Garcia; Live from Houston.
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Weigh-In
UFC 169: Renan Barao vs. Urijah Faber
11:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews. Read more -
Tuesday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Tuesday
6:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Countdown
UFC 169: Renan Barao vs. Urijah Faber
7:00 p.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
5:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet ONE: UFC Unleashed
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: Fighting for a Generation: 20 Years of the UFC
10:00 p.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
12:00 a.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
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Eddie Wineland Rooting for Urijah Faber to Knock Off Renan Barao
Eddie Wineland, on “Beatdown,” discussing the UFC 169 bantamweight title bout between Renan Barao and Urijah Faber:
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“Urijah, his last few fights … he’s been on a tear. He looks absolutely great. He looks better than he’s ever looked, in all honesty. I like Renan and I like Urijah, but when the fight comes, I’m going to be pulling for Urijah. I hope he pulls it out. I think Dana White put it best when he said [Faber’s] on that same road Vitor’s on. He’s getting older, but he’s getting better and I think that this may be his time.”
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Friday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Friday
4:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
Phil Davis vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira; Dan Hardy vs. Anthony Johnson; Duane Ludwig vs. Amir Sadollah Leonard Garcia vs. DaMarques Johnson; Leonard Garcia vs. Chan Sung Jung. From Seattle.
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Tonight
Top 50 Moments of 2013
7:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
Rory MacDonald vs. Mike Pyle; Carlos Condit vs. Dong Hyun Kim; Brendan Schaub vs Mirko Cro Cop; Rashad Evans vs Tito Ortiz.
8:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: Best of PRIDE Fighting Championships
Japanese Fighters
9:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night Episode 21
Nate Diaz vs. Melvin Guillard Nate Quarry vs. Tim Credeur; Roger Huerta vs. Gray Maynard.
11:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 157: Ronda Rousey vs. Liz Carmouche
2:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC: Johnson vs. Dodson
Demetrious Johnson takes on John Dodson for the flyweight title; Quinton Jackson vs. Glover Teixeira; Anthony Pettis vs. Donald Cerrone; Ricardo Lamas vs. Erik Koch. From Chicago.
4:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Wired
Joe Rogan hosts this UFC highlight show featuring some of the best bouts from years past.
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Unleashed
Benson Henderson vs. Nate Diaz
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Reloaded
UFC 149: Urijah Faber vs. Renan Barao
8:00 p.m. ET AXS: Inside MMA
2013 Bazzie Awards Kenny Rice and Bas Rutten present the Brazzie Awards; ring girl Emmy Miller appears.
9:00 p.m. ET AXS: Inside MMA
EPISODE: 322 Kenny Rice, Bas Rutten and Ron Kruck review the year.
10:00 p.m. ET AXS: AXS TV Fights: Best of 2013 Part 1
Highlights from Legacy, MFC, RFA and XFC; hosted by Michael Schiavello. Read more -
Urijah Faber Leaning Toward Picking Renan Barao Over Dominick Cruz
By: Sherdog.com Staff
Urijah Faber, on “Beatdown,” discussing the UFC 169 bantamweight title bout between champions Dominick Cruz and Renan Barao:
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“I don’t think the injury is going to be an issue for Cruz. I think he’s too mentally strong for that. I think it’s really going to come down to who’s the better fighter and how they match up. I’m kind of leaning towards Barao just because I feel like he’s a little bit more durable than Cruz. … I don’t think Cruz is going to be able to hurt him, and Barao is super dangerous on the ground as well and Cruz likes to do those takedowns to score points. I think he’s going to have a difficult time with Barao with that, but I really don’t know. I’m looking forward to watching it.”
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Tuesday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Tuesday
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC: Alves vs. Kampmann
Thiago Alves vs. Martin Kampmann; Mackens Semerzier vs. Daniel Pineda. From Sydney, Australia.
8:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: Best of PRIDE Fighting Championship
Anderson Silva vs. Carlos Newton The best of team Chute Box, featuring Wanderlei Silva and Mauricio Rua.
9:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 149: Urijah Faber vs. Renan Barao
12:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate 100 Knockouts
Part 1: Knockouts 100-71
1:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate 100 Knockouts
Part 2: Knockouts 70-41
5:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
Junior dos Santos defends his title for the first time against Frank Mir; Joe Lauzon and Jamie Varner; Donald Cerrone vs. Melvin Guillard, and Brian Stann vs. Alessio Sakara.
6:00 p.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage: Greatest KO's 14
The best collection of knock outs ever caught on camera and featuring some of today's biggest stars in MMA.
7:00 p.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
8:30 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Central
Hosted by "Showdown" Joe Ferraro. UFC highlights and news.
8:30 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360 West: UFC Central
Hosted by "Showdown" Joe Ferraro. UFC highlights and news.
10:00 p.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
12:00 a.m. ET MAvTV: King of the Cage
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Friday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Friday
3:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: Best of PRIDE Fighting Championship
Greatest Submissions Some of the most spectacular submissions ever witnessed in the history of PRIDE.
4:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night Episode 12
Nate Diaz vs. Josh Neer From the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Neb.
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
7:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 18 Episode 4: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate: Use the Force
8:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 135: Jon Jones vs. Quinton Jackson and Matt Hughes vs. Josh Koscheck.
12:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 148: UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II. Anderson Silva defends his UFC Middleweight Championship against Chael Sonnen.
4:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Wired
Joe Rogan hosts this UFC highlight show featuring some of the best bouts from years past.
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 149: Urijah Faber vs. Renan Barao
9:00 p.m. ET SpikeTV: Bellator MMA Live
EPISODE: 21 Stacked lightweight tournament; from Portland, Ore.
11:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
11:00 p.m. ET SpikeTV: Bellator MMA Live
EPISODE: 21 Stacked lightweight tournament; from Portland, Ore.
12:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
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Podcast: 'Beatdown After the Bell' UFC 165
By: Sherdog.com Staff
TJ De Santis and Jesse Denis returned to the Sherdog Radio Network on Saturday night for another edition of “Beatdown After The Bell.”
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For two hours, De Santis and Denis broke down the card that saw an instant classic between Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson. The guys shared their scorecards and what they saw from Jones in a performance that just barely edged out the Swede to remain champ. TJ and Jesse also broke down the rest of the card, including Renan Barao’s stoppage of Eddie Wineland to remain the UFC’s interim bantamweight champion.
Check it out here!
